Emporia, Kas., Sept, 23.—Raymond Steinmetz, a quick witted motorist, yesterday saved the life of a 5 year old girl by snatching her from in front of a moving train at a crossing while driving his automobile from the running board with one hand at 30 miles an hour.
The child, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Gearhart, had wandered onto the tracks directly in front of a train. Seeing the girl’s plight and throwing his legs over the side of the car Steinmetz stood on the running board, opened the gas throttle, and while holding the wheel in one hand, grabbed the child with the other. He jerked her to safety just as the train whizzed by.
So close was the rescue that Steinmetz’s car bears a small dent on the rear fender where it was grazed by the locomotive.
New Britain Herald, New Britain, CT, September 23, 1924